Background

Mr. Bert N. Mitchell is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Director, and Chairman of Executive Committee at Mitchell & Titus, LLP. Previously, he was a Founding Member and Chairman at National Association of Minority CPA Firms. For ten years, Mr. Mitchell served as the Chairman and a Member of the State Board of Accountancy for New York. He has long been active in community affairs, philanthropy, and politics serving on the boards of directors of more than a dozen ... not-for-profit organizations and educational institutions, including The Greater New York Fund United Way, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts' Consolidated Corporate Fund's Leadership Committee, The Baruch College Fund, and The One Hundred Black Men, Inc. Additionally, Mr. Mitchell served as a Chairman Emeritus at Ariel Investments, LLC and has been a Director of BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. since May 1998 and serves as a Member of Audit and Compensation Committees. He served in a variety of leadership positions in the accounting profession. In 1987, Mr. Mitchell was elected as the President of the New York Society of CPAs and also served as a member of the Visiting Committee of the Harvard Business School and has been a member of numerous commissions and committees, including the Mayoral Committee on Black New Yorkers and the Commissioner's Advisory Group of the Internal Revenue Service. Additionally, he has served as a member of the Board of Directors and as a member of the Governing Council of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Mitchell also served as a Director of Rouse Company from January 15, 2004 and was a Member of the Audit Committee. He holds C.P.A. certificates from the states of New York and New Jersey, as well as the District of Columbia. Mr. Mitchell is a graduate of the Owner-President Management Program of the Harvard Business School. He also holds a BBA, M.B.A., and honorary doctorate degrees from the Baruch College of the City University of New York.

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